Separately, the Maharashtra government in a circular on Monday said it has decided to conduct institutional quarantine for all passengers from all over Europe and the Middle East for 14 days after landing at the airport, as well as home quarantine for passengers from other countries. Effective December 22, passengers arriving from the Middle East and European countries, irrespective of their further travel plans, will be subjected to mandatory institutional quarantine. Any passenger identified as being symptomatic on arrival will be transferred to designated COVID-19 facility for further evaluation, CSMIA said in a statement.
Passengers arriving from these regions will be transported by state officials to nearby hotels of their preference to undergo institutional quarantine for seven days at their own cost, it added.
Institutional quarantine at own cost must for all arriving from Europe, West Asia, says Mumbai International Airport Passengers will have to undergo the RT-PCR test during the 5th-7th day of the institutional quarantine at the hotel at their own cost, the CSMIA said, adding that those with a negative report will be discharged to observe home quarantine for 7 days
Mumbai: Mumbai s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has said all passengers arriving from West Asia and European countries will be subjected to mandatory institutional quarantine from Tuesday.
The new rules for the passengers travelling via the Mumbai airport, including those having connected flights, are in line with the directives issued by the state and central governments on Monday, the airport operator said in a release.
Govt issues SOPs for infected travellers arriving from Britain
States have been asked to ramp up testing of those who arrived in the past month.
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The government on Tuesday issued a new standard operating procedure (SOP), wherein it will conduct genome sequencing of covid-19 positive passengers arriving from UK since Monday to determine whether they have been infected by the more transmissible new strain of the novel coronavirus found in the country.
Under the SOP, samples of patients who have arrived from or transited through UK between Monday and Wednesday will be sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Pune or any other appropriate lab for genomic sequencing.
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2 flyers from UK in Kolkata, 1 each in TN & Karnataka test Covid positive amid new virus strain scare
A municipal worker in PPE watches passengers arrive from the UK at Mumbai Airport.
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A passenger, who returned from the UK via Delhi to Chennai, has tested positive for coronavirus
Meanwhile, five out of 266 passengers and crew members of a London flight tested positive at the Delhi airport
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Two passengers, who arrived from the United Kingdom, tested positive for coronavirus at Kolkata airport on Sunday, a Kolkata airport official said.
Tech IPO bonanza yields riches for venture-capital firms
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Sequoia Capital and others prosper as the debuts of DoorDash and Airbnb cap the most lucrative year on record for new listings
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The venture-capital offices around Silicon Valley remain largely empty, but their coffers will soon be brimming after what has shaped up to be a surprisingly resilient year for technology startups.
The initial public offerings this week of DoorDash Inc. and Airbnb Inc. cap a string of listings that have helped make this the most lucrative year on record for IPOs in terms of money raised.